post mail的基本礼仪

top-posting：Writing the message above the original text, when one replies to an email or a post in a newsgroup.

与之相对应，我们应该：

Bottom-posting: The opposite of top-posting. Now the new message is placed below the original text.

理由非常简单，如果某人关注某事，从上到下阅读该list是件非常省心的事情

thread-hijacking：replying to a thread and changing the subject line to something completely unrelated that was not being discussed within the original thread

Configuring your mail client to break lines after 70 or so characters is a plus

If you attach files, avoid compressing small files, uncompressed is preferred.

Also please try to avoid posting mails with overly long signatures or nonsense corporate disclaimers that claim the content of your mails is confidential.

而关于在maillist里面post patch的规定，可以参考Linux下的相关说明

参考：http://www.ffmpeg.org/contact.html